Events New Books Adrift In The Pacific - Jules Verne Aspern papers - Henry James L'Aveu, drame en un acte en prose - Sarah Bernhardt The Boyhood of Christ - Lew Wallace Confessions of a Young Man - George A. Moore The Devil's Die - Grant Allen The Fatal Three - Mary Elizabeth Braddon John Marr and Other Sailors - Herman Melville Looking Backward - Edward Bellamy Maiwa's Revenge - H. Rider Haggard Master of Ballantrae - Robert Louis Stevenson Princess Casamassima - Henry James Robbery Under Arms - Rolf Boldrewood Robert Elsmere - Mary Augusta Ward Spring Days--A Prelude to Don Juan - George A. Moore The White Man's Foot - Grant Allen Births January 24 - Vicki Baum, writer April 26 - Anita Loos, novelist, screenwriter October 16 - Eugene O'Neill, playwright July 23 - Raymond Chandler, novelist, screenwriter Ida Rentoul Outhwaite, Australian illustrator Fernando Pessoa, Portuguese writer Deaths March 6 - Louisa May Alcott, American novelist April 15 - Matthew Arnold, poet May 12 - Edward Lear, poet August 9 - Charles Cros, French poet Awards